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The story in the soil: Meet the start-up trying to pioneer a UK market for biochar CO2 removals

Business Green

DarkBlack Carbon was only officially founded four months ago, but believes it is already primed to be a market leader for biochar in the UK "It's got everything, hasn't it?" says Liz Casely, co-founder of UK start-up DarkBlack Carbon. It is a catalyst for helping to restore natural balances," explains Casely.

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Monitoring for flood management

Envirotec Magazine

However, flood risk is now addressed on a wider catchment scale so that initiatives in one part of a catchment do not have negative effects further downstream. These land use techniques are designed to reduce the soil compaction which increases run-off. Conveyance. The dams also help to remove pollutants such as phosphates.

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Drax accused of using wood from carbon-rich forest in Canada to supply UK power plant

Business Green

Drax has come in for renewed scrutiny over the environmental sustainability of its supply chain, with a major investigation having found evidence of carbon-rich primary forests in western Canada being felled to supply wood pellet feedstock for Britain's biggest power station in North Yorkshire.

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AstraZeneca to tap low carbon heat from East Anglia biogas CCS project

Business Green

Pharmaceuticals giant teams up with Future Biogas to help develop 125GWh biomethane plant fitted with carbon capture technology. Through such collaborations, we're making progress on our ambition to become carbon zero across our operations by end of 2025 and carbon negative across our value chain by 2030.".

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The Environmental Impact of Mattresses

The Environmental Blog

The Negative Impact On The Environment . Breaking down these mattresses also creates a larger carbon footprint due to the energy required to get them ready for the landfill. Mattresses made of petroleum-based products and constructed using toxic chemicals can also have a negative impact on the environment if they end up in a landfill.

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How limited is the planet's capacity for supplying 'sustainable' biomass and biofuel?

Business Green

The new ETC analysis, released yesterday , sets out how rapidly increasing demand for bioresources from the manufacturing, construction, and energy industries could outstrip environmentally sustainable supplies unless alternative zero carbon options are rapidly scaled up and the use of biomass is carefully prioritised.

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Ÿnsect attracts $372m backing as it gears up 'world's largest' insect farm in France

Business Green

Insect protein developer has created a patented process for cultivating mealworm to produce low carbon feed for fish, pet and livestock. In addition, the firm said the new facility in France would be carbon negative, and use a circular economy model than generates zero waste.